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Picos de Europa
The Picos de Europa (literally: "Peaks of Europe", often abbreviated in English to the Picos) is a range of mountains 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains. The most widely accepted origin for the name is that they were the first sight of Europe for ships arriving from the Americas.
==Geography==
The range consists of three major massifs: Central (also known as ''Urrieles''), Eastern (Ándara) and Western (also known as the ''Picos de Cornión''). The Central and Western massifs are separated by the deep Cares Gorge (''Garganta del Cares''), with the village of Caín at its head. The waters in the Cares mostly arise from cave resurgences. Some of the water in the Cares river is diverted through a hydroelectric scheme, with a canal running in the northern wall of the gorge to Camarmeña. An access path next to the canal provides a spectacular walk.
Almost all of the rock in the Picos is limestone, and glacial action has contributed to create an impressive area of alpine karst. The highest peak is ''Torre de Cerredo'', with an altitude of 2,650 metres at . Many other peaks reach altitudes of over 2,600 m. The area is popular with mountaineers, climbers and mountain walkers. There is a good network of well-established mountain refuges. The best-known climbing site is the ''Naranjo de Bulnes'' or ''Picu Urriellu'', in the Urrieles massif which can be considered the most famous climb in Spain.
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